hey guys Todd Helms with wingmen by Eastman's hunting journals out here today to bring you a
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Leupold Bridger sunglasses these things Leupold's been making performance eyewear and I know I just
call them sunglasses they're really performance eyewear and this is why this is what makes
them performance eyewear instead of like cheap sunglasses it's the performance packed features
that Leupold builds into all of the entire lineup of their performance eyewear but especially the
Bridgers the Bridgers are unique in the fact that they have a flatter lens design it's called a six
base curve lens design and what it does is it helps protect you from frontal impact say I'm on
the skeet field or Sporting Clays course and I'm breaking breaking clay targets it's think station
8 for you guys that shoot skeet and I get shrapnel from a clay target I get debris boof and it hits
me in the face this flat lens design of the Bridgers is going to help deflect and keep stuff
out of my eyes where a more wrap around design it's going to slide off more it could it could
hit parts of my face my ears whatever that may be this flat six base curve of the Bridgers is going
to keep that shot bouncing off instead of bouncing or sliding around it's going to bounce right off
and so it's going to protect my eyes that is what makes these more than sunglasses these
are performance eyewear the Bridger is designed for competitors guys that are competing in the
Sporting Clays course or the skeet field or the trap field or maybe you're into three gun or you're
into whatever it might be the Bridgers designed for the competitive shooter I have put them to use
up in Canada just recently that's the only hunt that I've had them on because I got them in the
summertime and I went right into fall I shot over the course of the summer with them and they were
great I wore them fishing I wore them around town they've performed flawlessly for me I haven't had
anything smack off my face knock on wood I won't have that happen but it's nice to know that if it
does the Leupold Bridgers have my back and are going to keep me safe let's talk about some of
the product features that the Bridger shares with the rest of the performance eyewear category that
Leupold produces first up is the daylight Max that the Bridgers and all the performance eyewear use
and what it does is it cuts through that UV it makes a sight picture with the lens that
everything pops in my vision I'm wearing the matte black shadow gray flash version of the
Bridgers today and it's kind of cloudy because of the daylight Max lens I'm not sacrificing clarity
I'm not I don't feel like I'm too dark if I was hunting right now or competitive shooting and
this was what I had on I wouldn't be hindered at all I'd still be able to see everything my
contrast is really sharp and I'm fully protected working in tandem with that flat curve of the lens
is the diamond coat finish and that makes these things hard it's really scratch proof I've been
a fly fishing guide for 15 years as well as working for eastmans and developing wingmen
I've worn a lot of different sunglasses you name it I've probably probably worn it the Leupold's
hands down with that diamond coat finish are the most scratch resistant that I've ever worn I'm
not easy on my stuff I drop it it's like it gets kicked around on my drift boat I have three little
kids stuff gets tossed around gets knocked off of countertops it's thrown on the ground gets rolled
around I have not had a scratch on my Leupolds yet and that's saying a lot I've been impressed
with that diamond coat one of the other really unique features about the Leupold performance
eyewear the Bridger in particular is the infused polarization what that means is there's the lay
the polarization layer is sandwiched between layers of the lens so it's not going to peel
it's not going to scratch it's not going to be compromised over time and like I said I wear
these on the water all the time all summer long throughout the fall throughout the winter both
fishing and waterfowling it is so nice to have a high quality set of polarized eyewear
that not only has my back protection wise but performs when I need to see what's in that water
speaking of water and dirt and mud and dust the guard ion lens coating that Leupold uses on the
Bridgers and all of the rest of their performance I wear as well is hydrophobic and what that means
is it beads up water water doesn't stick to these lenses it beads up rolls off I can literally pull
these off and go and blow the water right off the lens it doesn't you don't get water spots on these
I know dust doesn't stick to these either which is really nice out in environments like this say I'm
say I'm hunting sage grouse for example and it's dusty and it's dry I by the end of the
day most eyewear is going to be have a coating or a film of dust on it I haven't noticed that
with with the Leupold the performance eyewear especially the Bridgers the stuff I think it's
maybe the flat lens but it's definitely that guard ion coating and I don't know if they
say it guardian or guard ion however it said I just know that it works these frames are also
RX ready they're prescription ready if you wanted to make these prescription you could
which Leupold's thinking ahead on that
all the Leupold performance eyewear has a lifetime
guarantee if you break them if you do happen to scratch them send them in they'll replace them or
they'll fix them more than likely they're just going to box up a new set and send them to you guys
when you spend a good chunk of change on a set of performance eyewear like these it's nice
to know that they have a warranty they have a guarantee something happens they've got your
back not all sunglass companies do that so guys I've worn three different types of the Leupold
performance eyewear now and the Bridger is the latest iteration for me and the first thing that
I noticed when I put them on is how light they are these are a very slim design very trim and slim
and that flat front at first I was like man I'm not sure I'm gonna like that because I like I've
always preferred more of a wrap around design like their Switchback model for example but I thought
well I'm gonna try it I've got to do the review that's part of it you gotta wear them you gotta
test them try them out so you can actually speak to what they are all about and I wore them end
of July all through August and it's we're three quarters of the way through September right now
and I put them on through the paces in Canada on waterfowl hunts and on a bear hunt and I've worn
them fishing all late summer playing around running around town and I've been pleasantly
surprised I was not prepared to like this design the way it looks on my face the way it felt help
but I did my due diligence I gave it time and the Bridgers won me over so much so
that I haven't worn my switchbacks now in oh man probably over a month
I just grab the Bridgers they're they're light they feel good on my face I honestly forget that
I'm even wearing them and I think they look pretty good if they can make this look okay they're doing
Leupold's doing something really special so that is my review on the Bridger performance eyewear
guys I've run down through all the features for you which you can get at leupold.com as well
but don't just take my word for it go out try on a pair try on all the different styles but look hard
at the Bridgers like I said I wasn't I wasn't prepared to like these sunglasses and I've been
very pleased they're very comfortable very light on my face and they work there were several times
in Canada where we were set up kind of looking in the sun man it would have been really with
any other sunglasses that I've worn over the years even some of the high-end ones I would have really
struggled but the leupolds really are what they claim to be and I've been super impressed and I
think you will be too if you check them out so go give them a hard look look at the Bridgers
I think you'll like them thanks for watching today until next time we'll see you in the field